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Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1992; 3(1):122-129

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1992.3.1.122

원저

식도이물에 대한 임상통계적 고찰

차형근1, 김용신1, 장백암1, 이재동*
A Statistical Study of Foreign Bodies in the Esophagus
Hyung Kun Cha1, Yong Sin Kim1, Baik Am Chang1, Jae Dong Lee*
1서울위생병원 이비인후과
*내과
1Department of Otolaryngology, Seoul Adventist Hospital
*Internal Medicine, Seoul Adventist Hospital

© Copyright 1992 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

We have clinically analysed the 71 cases of the foreign bodies in the esophagus during the period from Jan. 1989 to Dec. 1991 at the Department of Otolaryngology, Seoul Adventist Hospital.

The result are as follows;

  1. The most common foreign body was coin(31 cases ; 43.7%), bone (14 cases; 19.8%), meat(11cases ; 15.5%) in order.

  2. In age distribution, 32 cases(45.1%) were under 5 years of age and in this group, coin was the most frequent material(27 cases ; 84.4 %)

  3. In sex distribution, 36 cases(50.7%) were in male and 35 cases(49.3%) were in female.

  4. In the location of foreign bodies of the esophagus, the 57 cases(80.3%) were in the first esophageal narrowing ; 12.7%, the second narrowing ; 4.2%, the third narrowing ; 2.8%, the forth narrowing.

  5. In duration of lodgement, the 60 cases(84.5%) of foreign bodies were removed within 24 hours.

  6. The 12 cases(16.8%) were removed by flexible fibroptic endoscope under local anesthesia without complication.

  7. Repeated esophageal foreign bodies were found in 4 cases and double esophageal foreign bodies in 2 cases.

Keywords: Esophagus; Foreign bodies